(Commentary co-written by Naomi Chan, professor of law) We study families, employment, corporations – and gender. We are tracking how the coronavirus pandemic is underscoring the disproportionate financial burden women bear when states slash their budgets in times of recession.
(By Dr. Irène Mathieu, assistant professor of pediatrics) This spring, after stay-at-home orders were announced and schools shut down across the nation, many families stopped going to their pediatrician. As a result, kids have fallen behind on important childhood vaccinations.
What happens in polls doesn’t always happen at the polls, and that’s why a University of Virginia politics prognosticator has teamed up with an international research firm ahead of the November presidential election.
(Commentary by Karen A. Lips, alumna) After interning in the summer of 2004 for my home state senator in Washington, D.C., I returned to the University of Virginia looking for a group of women who wanted to talk about the issues of the day and welcomed a more conservative perspective. There was a women’s club, a Women’s Studies department, and even a Women’s Center at UVA. But, because I am a conservative woman, my ideas were not fully welcome at the traditional women’s institutions on campus. I started the Network of enlightened Women, known as NeW, that fall as an intellectual home for conse...
Each year, Richmond Inno compiles a list of the area's most promising and notable entrepreneur and technologists who are 25 and under. … Yash Tekriwal, 24, co-founder, LifeSchool; senior associate, JJELLYFISH.
Getting guys open in the passing game is an inexact science. It’s not a one-size-fits-all formula. Bronco Mendenhall figured that out back in Utah.
You might not think that the University of Virginia men’s basketball team and a professional hockey team from Florida have very much in common, but you’d be surprised.
Clemson easily handled Wake Forest and The Citadel the first two weeks of the season, before getting this past weekend off. Up next, the Tigers are expected to get a tougher challenge from a Virginia squad that beat Duke 38-20 on Saturday.
After his Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars to win the Stanley Cup on Monday, Coach Jon Cooper arrived for his postgame news conference with a cap commemorating the University of Virginia men’s basketball team’s 2019 national title.
On Sept. 17, Uber said it has partnered with Hyderabad Metro Rail, Larsen & Toubro Metro, and the Telangana State Road Transport Corporations’ bus service in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad to help riders plan their transit journey end-to-end within its app. “The platforms provide a data-driven approach to knowing peak demand times and areas. This can help cities and governments better allocate public transportation to reduce crowding and serve the needs of residents,” Rajkumar Venkatesan, professor of business administration at UVA’s Darden School of Business, said.
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election in the U.S. Virgin Islands is Saturday. Larry Sabato, a professor and political scientist at the University of Virginia, once said “Every election is determined by the people who show up.” Sabato, who is known for his study of polling and electoral predictions, works to increase civic participation.
Senate Democrats continue to make their case against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee with a combination of criticisms about her record and the nomination process. “Yes, on occasion we do have these confrontations about the process,” said Barbara Perry, presidential studies director at UVA’s Miller Center.
UVA’s Center for Politics believes the recent report about President Donald Trump's tax returns will not sway voters in November.
The answer is – no, yes, maybe. “Climate change does not seem to be a big issue in the key Senate races,” says Kyle Kondik, via email. He is managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “Even the weather disasters of this summer – hurricanes and fires – are not necessarily easy to connect to climate change for voters.”
UVA says it has begun tests utilizing shockwave therapy to treat erectile dysfunction. The trial will evaluate shockwave therapy’s effect on ED and if there are any side effects, such as bruising or pain.
UVA Health is testing the potential of sound waves to improve erectile dysfunction. A clinical trial is exploring the use of low-intensity shock wave therapy for new blood vessel growth and tissue repair.
Service members on the front lines put themselves at risk every day. Now researchers at the University of Virginia are trying to determine if exposure to artillery blasts put them at higher risk for changes in their brain and quality of life.
“The Army has long been forward-thinking on questions of race and civil rights, and has been among the most integrated institutions in American life,” Brad Carson, former Defense Department acting undersecretary for personnel and readiness and professor at the University of Virginia, said.
With the presidential election just 36 days away, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is outlining a scenario in which the House of Representatives is forced to decide the outcome of the 2020 race for the White House, telling her Democratic caucus that the possibility underscores the need for the party to expand its majority in the House and win control of more state House delegations. According to UVA’S Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, which analyzed the upcoming House races, 26 House delegations at least lean Republican and 20 at least lean Democratic. Four are toss-u...
Chris Leigh, a Gloucester man with a rare kidney disease, says his kidney function is on the decline. He plans to have a kidney transplant through UVA Health, but is seeking a living donor.